Startups: your web site sucks — I visited each website from the list of Demo finalists. — Boy, do they suck. Really, really suck. — Does no one understand how to market themselves? — It's amazing to me that not a single Demo website has learned from the lessons of Gary Vaynerchuk's Winelibrary.tv.

At the TechCrunch50, an unfair advantage? — It stands to reason that TechCrunch the blog will have an unfair advantage in covering the TechCrunch50 event. The same team produces both products, and the company has put a gag order on companies accepted to present on stage.

O'Brien: What's next for TechCrunch's Michael Arrington? — Michael Arrington emerges at mid-morning from the bedroom of the house he rents in Atherton and wanders down a hallway past a handful of his employees already busy posting the scoops and analysis that have made his TechCrunch blog …

Google Says: We'll Get Our Own Data, Thanks — Not content to lease data from others who have satellites, Google today launched its own satellite into space. Via BeetTv, thanks Andy. — Talk about web meets world....this is yet another indicator of the integration of virtual and physical.

Google at 10: Larry, Sergey & Me — It is not clear how old Google is - some argue that world's largest search engine operator is 13 - after all it operated in stealth for about 3 years before launching in September 1998. Many major news organizations are going with September 2008 as the tenth anniversary so I am going to play along.

Google Planning Offshore Data Barges — In a startling new take on data center engineering, Google has filed a patent for a “water-based data center” that uses the ocean to provide power and cooling. The patent also confirms Google's development of a container-based data center, describing …

On iTunes 8 and hunches; also iPhone 2.1 for Tuesday — On Friday, we posted a short roundup of what's expected in iTunes 8 thanks to the rumortastic stylings of Kevin Rose. The Pandora-like Genius feature, Genius Sidebar, Grid view, and more are all said to be included.

Vimeo Launches Vimeo Toys - Interactive Video Discovery — NY-based video hosting service Vimeo has announced the launch of “Vimeo Toys”. Vimeo Toys are discovery applications to check out the latest videos and activity on the Vimeo service. — Vimeo Toys is launching with two apps: Vimeo Land and Pulse.

The iPhone App Store Should Let You Try Before You Buy — With only a few exceptions, it's been universally accepted that Apple's move to sell iPhone applications on its iTunes store is an unqualified success. In fact, it's widely believed that Microsoft will soon follow suit …

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